Recent posts by John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com - AL.comtag:profile.al.com,2015:jaarchib/17382015-08-02T19:29:58ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceA Tuscaloosa dynasty: What's the recipe for England family success?tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.166134232015-07-31T11:45:10Z2015-07-31T11:45:10Z"After high school graduation everybody was getting these big gifts. I said 'What do I get?' She said 'You get to go do something else."jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
"After high school graduation everybody was getting these big gifts. I said 'What do I get?' She said 'You get to go do something else."
After 78 years, Alabama man finds his fathertag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.166036732015-07-30T11:45:57Z2015-07-30T11:45:57ZThere was a blank spot in his story for much of his life, a hole he could not fill and a picture he could not fully see.jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
There was a blank spot in his story for much of his life, a hole he could not fill and a picture he could not fully see.
The writing's on the wall: Birmingham needs better public arttag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.166041852015-07-29T17:10:17Z2015-07-29T17:10:17ZLet's put Birmingham in proportion.jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Let's put Birmingham in proportion.
What's the story on these massive South Alabama murals?tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.166011342015-07-29T13:00:43Z2015-07-29T13:00:43ZEverybody happy?
What, are you kidding?jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Everybody happy?
What, are you kidding?
See Auburn robot Jianny Five do his thing (and laugh at politicians too)tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165948792015-07-28T16:20:15Z2015-07-28T16:20:15ZArchibald's Alabama Journal: Day 28
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Archibald's Alabama Journal: Day 28
Robot built by Auburn students would terrify mall workerstag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165925962015-07-28T11:45:53Z2015-07-28T11:45:53ZWhat's going on in this lab might freak you out a little, but it will certainly make you take note.jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
What's going on in this lab might freak you out a little, but it will certainly make you take note.
This Alabama woman finally made it -- when she made it back hometag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165835312015-07-27T11:30:51Z2015-07-27T11:30:51Z"We don't have to have everything. If we don't have it, we make it."jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
"We don't have to have everything. If we don't have it, we make it."
Sorry everybody everywhere. Decatur, Ala., barbecue is besttag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165796772015-07-26T11:45:06Z2015-07-26T11:45:06ZThe real heroes of north Alabama barbecue are in the back, turning those birds.jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
The real heroes of north Alabama barbecue are in the back, turning those birds.
See inside Alabama's oldest hardware store tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165807052015-07-25T23:00:09Z2015-07-25T23:00:09ZThe guiding principle is "preservation before profit"jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
The guiding principle is "preservation before profit"
Alabama countess has seen amazing things -- but why did she stay?tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165706302015-07-25T12:10:09Z2015-07-25T12:10:09ZRuth Gräfin von Saurma has seen it all. So why is she so passionate about Huntsville?jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Ruth Gräfin von Saurma has seen it all. So why is she so passionate about Huntsville?
These Alabama men changed the world by being themselvestag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165719662015-07-24T18:00:07Z2015-07-24T18:00:07ZArchibald's Alabama Journal: Days 23 and 24jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Archibald's Alabama Journal: Days 23 and 24
Revered Alabama educator: See people as people, not black and whitetag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165626212015-07-24T11:45:59Z2015-07-24T11:45:59Z"This is the reason there is so much animosity among races."jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
"This is the reason there is so much animosity among races."
Tom Hendrix moved 8.5 million pounds of stone for her. He explains whytag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165546562015-07-23T11:45:08Z2015-07-23T11:45:08Z'We shall all pass this place. Only the stones will remain.'
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'We shall all pass this place. Only the stones will remain.'
Is there something special going on up in Northwest Alabama?tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165555702015-07-22T18:00:00Z2015-07-22T18:00:00ZArchibald's Alabama Journal, Days 21 and 22.jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Archibald's Alabama Journal, Days 21 and 22.
Rolling a joint got him a job, but 'getting it done' has been his lifetag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165491632015-07-22T11:45:02Z2015-07-22T11:45:02Z"I've had more fun than the law allows."jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
"I've had more fun than the law allows."
Muscle Shoals has got the Swamper -- the love story tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165443372015-07-21T12:00:46Z2015-07-21T12:00:46Z"It was like I hadn't had a happy day in my life until I met her."jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
"It was like I hadn't had a happy day in my life until I met her."
When Twitter defines "Middle of Nowhere"tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165450012015-07-20T20:33:20Z2015-07-20T20:33:20ZArchibald's Alabama Journal: Day 19jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Archibald's Alabama Journal: Day 19
Monroe vs. Conecuh: Is an Alabama sausage war brewing?tag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165359412015-07-20T11:45:46Z2015-07-20T11:45:46ZIs it the Battle of Hog Run? Or Aunt Eat 'Em?jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Is it the Battle of Hog Run? Or Aunt Eat 'Em?
Politics and corruption can wait. Right now hear Alabama peopletag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165362102015-07-19T15:31:34Z2015-07-19T15:31:34ZArchibald's Alabama Journal: Day 18jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Archibald's Alabama Journal: Day 18
Meet the James Brown of Alabama newstag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.165333902015-07-19T14:45:26Z2015-07-19T14:45:26ZWant to know about Joe Namath, Bear Bryant, Martin Luther King or Wernher von Braun? Here's your guy.jaarchibhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaarchib/index.html
Want to know about Joe Namath, Bear Bryant, Martin Luther King or Wernher von Braun? Here's your guy.